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Therapeutics

• Review: cardioselective β₁ blockers given for 3 days to 4 weeks do not reduce respiratory function in reactive airway disease

  (1 May, 2003)
• Review: ipratropium is not more effective than β₂ agonists for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  (1 May, 2003)
• Review: oral or parenteral opioids alleviate dyspnoea in palliative care (1 May, 2003)
• An Indo-Mediterranean diet was more effective than a control diet in primary and secondary coronary artery disease prevention (1 May, 2003)
• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm reduced death from AAA in older men (1 May, 2003)
• Water soluble gel lubricant on vaginal speculums had no effect on cervical cytology results (1 May, 2003)
• Lubrication of the vaginal introitus and external speculum had no effect on Papanicolaou smear interpretation (1 May, 2003)
• Training in flexible intensive insulin management improved glycaemic control and quality of life in type 1 diabetes (1 May, 2003)
• A home based intervention reduced disability in physically frail older people (1 May, 2003)
• Review: oral protein and energy supplements reduce all cause mortality in elderly people (1 May, 2003)
• Review: terazosin improves urological symptoms in benign prostatic hyperplasia (1 May, 2003)
• Immediate antibiotics were beneficial in children with acute otitis media who had fever and vomiting (1 May, 2003)
• In patients with cancer and venous thromboembolism (VTE), enoxaparin was as effective as warfarin for VTE prophylaxis and reduced fatal haemorrhage (1 May, 2003)
• Dexamethasone improved disability in acute bacterial meningitis (1 May, 2003)
• 3 hyperbaric oxygen treatments reduced cognitive sequelae of acute carbon monoxide poisoning (1 May, 2003)
• Review: cognitive behaviour therapy and behaviour therapy may be effective for back pain and chronic fatigue syndrome, and antidepressants may be effective for irritable bowel syndrome (1 May, 2003)
• Review: psychological interventions reduce the severity and frequency of chronic pain in children and adolescents (1 May, 2003)